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Summary: Poor Man's Brave New World
Review: This "classic" left me with the feeling as though it had been written by a very talented 10th-grader. The basic premise was interesting (if somewhat borrowed from Huxley's Brave New World)but by virtue of sophomoric storytelling, overly unrealistic and flowery dialogue and huge leaps in logic the writer wasn't very effective in suspending my disbelief.
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Summary: A glimpse at the future
Review: The classic novel, " Fahrenheit 451," by Ray Bradbury, takes a journey into the future. The novel is about a fire fighter named Guy Montag whose job is to actually start fires. In the society of the future, no one asks questions or thinks for themselves. Montag and his fire starting colleagues are paid to light books on fire and watch them burn. Montag meets a seventeen-year old girl who tells him about times when people treasured books and when a fireman's job was to extinguish fires. Filled with curiosity about the past, Montag starts hiding books in his home and reading them. His wife reveals his secret to his co-workers and Montag is forced to burn his own stash. Montag then meets philosophers who have stored the contents of books in their heads so that when people need and want the knowledge, it is there. Bradbury brings out a statement of theme that is not revealed without careful analysis of the story. The theme that Bradbury presents is that even the simplest things are important and make up a culture and society as we know it. One man realizes this and finds in himself that he was allowed to appreciate and
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Summary: Farenheit 451
Review: I think this is a very good bok, but I thought it was a little borring. I read this book as an English III assignment. It was very insightful to the society we live in today and yet in some aspects very far off. Bradbury's predictions of how the future will be/is is very weird and cool and disturbing of how our society is and how he talked about school shootings long before they ever occured. I think overall this was a good book and a very good book for discussion.
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Summary: Intense, searing and frightening, if a little confusing.
Review: While sometimes hard to follow, Ray Bradbury's science fiction classic is still intense and searing when at its best and bears many frightening resemblences to our own world. This futuristic civilization regards cursory items such as magazines as better than books; the television has pretty much taken over; there's even a mention of kids frequently killing each other. Pretty amazing stuff, considering Bradbury wrote this way back in 1953. At least we haven't gone so far as to burn all books, but who knows; maybe things will get so bad that we just might.... CALLING ALL GUY MONTAGS!
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Summary: ¤~*ItS GrEaT*~¤
Review: This book is a bit boring once you start reading it, but it is a good book after you get into it. I would love to have read this book a long time ago. The plot is not hard to follow also! I love it!
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Summary: A testament to all of the Guy Montags out there.....
Review: This book is a classic on censorship. It also probes at human values and is almost existential in Guy's conflict over the wrong he feels is being committed in the burning of the books. This could even be a chapter out of Huxley's "Brave New World" in that the public is conditioned by what they can and cannot read through censorship. An essential for anyone.
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Summary: Surprise--it's pretty good
Review: As an English teacher, I felt like a loser because I had never read FAHRENHEIT 451, so I picked up a copy and read it. It's pretty good. I guess I avoided it because it was written by Ray Bradbury and I didn't consider him an accomplished author. Now I do. The book just might surprise you. It is science fiction at its best.
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Summary: Astronomically Good Book
Review: Sometime in the not-so-distant future, the world will change severely. Soon people's homes will be completely fireproofed, leaving no use for firemen as they are thought of today. But they will not be out of work; their role will simply change. In an ever increasingly television oriented society where yesterday's classics are now thought of as censurable tripe, firemen will be starting fires, not stopping them. Their new role will be of a secret police that search out the hated books and raise their temperature to the level at which books burn, Fahrenheit 451. This is the premise of Ray Bradbury's novel. Bradbury's story is an ominous look into where he fears society is presently headed. It is in many ways a warning against existing increasing rates of demoralization, drug use, addiction to non thought-provoking activities, and illiteracy. He easily communicates how such simple trends could evolve into societal brainwashing and individuals who say they are happy, think they are 'social,' and simply spend all their time in their parlors (the ultimate in new television technology). One of the self-proclaimed 'odd' people of this book went decidedly against the norm in saying, "But I don't think it's social to get a bunch of people together and then not let them talk, do you?" However, this book is not solidly a story of doom and gloom. The main character is a fireman named Montag and he ends up providing hope for the reader. While he is not a godlike hero, made up of courage and thew, he does fit the quixotic template in that he is a sad classicist in a new and frightening time. After only a small jolt of reality from an imaginative child, he realizes the world could be made of truth and beauty, rather than the contemporary cheap thrills and insatiable cupidity. Furthermore, this tale has much in common with two other critically acclaimed classics. Montag's government is merely interested in controlling the people while waging war with other super powers, much like the opression in George Orwell's 1984. Additionally, individuals hold very little sacred, no one cares for human life and everyone is looking for a cheap (often-dangerous) thrill. This is a public where men who handle drug overdoses are not concerned that such matters happen "nine or ten a night," all of this general apathy is mirrored in the novel Brave New World. But, again, Bradbury is a creative author, and his visions of the future are not nearly as hopeless as 1984, or so alien and drug based as Brave New World. Fahrenheit 451's point is twofold. While it warns against where society is headed, it also shows that it only takes good people like Montag to bring society back from the brink of ruination. This faith in the goodness of the common man does not falter and shows optimism that is not always part of such works. Upbeat themes can be hard to find in such otherwise bleak forewarnings, and even in most normal classics it is hard to find a purely happy ending and/or main point. Seeing as this book was published over forty years ago one would assume that it is out of date, but this is not true. It is a science-fiction book without any unbelievable differences between this projected world and our own. Also, Fahrenheit 451 is easily read. The book communicates its point in a mere 160 pages, none of which are filled with incomprehensible vocabulary. It contains enough action for those who like it, and plenty of Montag's self-realizations for readers interested in seeing characters delve into their own mind's inner recesses. This book should be a joy to anyone who chooses to pick it up. Conversely, this easily enjoyed book carries with it some strong meaning. Montag's experiences are a warning to people who would get so used to their impersonal lifestyle that they would become desensitized to many of the world's horrors. Upon finishing the book, one is sure to be more guarded against choosing an easy path, and therefore becoming less of a human. Bradbury did well in bringing the way life became more and more impersonal and barbaric. "I put up with (my children) when they come home three days a month; it's not bad at all. You heave them into the 'parlor' and turn on the switch. It's like washing clothes." In likening children to annoying creatures which deserve as much attention as laundry, the character who made this statement both disgusts the audience and says the statement as if it were only natural. The author has a talent for letting his audience see situations both as they normally would and as the characters do. Even through the opening we see some of the book's many themes played out in Montag.
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Summary: Incredible!
Review: This is definitely one of my top books. It has wonderful insight into human actions, and what will happen if knowledge is ever disregarded. This book seems to be a commentary on our lives, and culture, which seems leaning ever more towards the predictions in this book. I am very frightened that Farenheit 451 may one day become a reality, if not exactly like it, at least somewhat. I cannot say enough good things about this book. All I can say is, read it for yourself!
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Summary: If you can't stand the heat then don't read this book
Review: My name is Antwone and I have just finished a very intresting sci-fiction novel. This book by Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 is eye catching. It's an easy read and won't take you a long time to read it. Bradbury's writing style is very compelling in nature. He depicts a futuristic society where the government controls everything. In this book he tells the story of a man (Guy Montag) that works for the government. He is a fireman who gets paid not to put fires out but to start them. In the society that Bradbury builds, the job of a fireman is to burn all books. The government feels that books make people anti-social and is the reason why there are so many problems with people in their world. Guy Montag upon many events in the book starts to struggle with his on self. He starts to find a new found love for books in which he is intrigued by. He struggles with this throughout the book. He is disregarded by his comrads and they are displeased with his change in attitude. Throughout the book the heat gets intense as Guy struggles with his own feelings. The government is on the look for him and out for his arrest. Will he survive? or Will he fall under the governmental society? Hope you read it and find out. This is a great read an will give you a deeper feeling of what to think about in the future. This book will give you an greater insight on what may and could happen in the future. So if you like intense heat give Fahrenheit 451 a try and see if you can stand the heat. Happy Reading
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